There’s a subreddit called r/AdorableOldPeople and as you might guess, it shares screenshots and pictures of old people making the world a better place.
First of all, we are not huge fans of the name. As philosophy teacher Randall Horton pointed out in Huff Post, even people in their 50s like to think they are in their “young 50s” or that they look good “for their age.” As they get older, they become “a little more patient, more accepting, less doctrinaire, and, yes, sadder and wiser.” However, they do not think they become more adorable, precious, charming, or sweet. Attributing these words to older folks can send the wrong message. They might think we’re infantilizing them. So we won’t.
But the content of the subreddit is awesome. Whether we’re talking about teens or seniors, people can be jerks, so it’s always appropriate to celebrate the ones that aren’t. Continue scrolling and you will find a hand-picked collection of the most popular posts on the sub.
#1 So Cute
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#2 She Said “I Haven’t Been Carried Like This Since My Wedding Day”
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#3 Grandfather With Vitiligo Crochets Dolls To Make Children With This Condition Feel Better
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#4 Relationship Goals
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#5 This Is So Cute. Selfie Stick Review
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#6 Cosplay Isn’t Just For The Young
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#7 Obama Told This 90-Year Old Veteran He Didn’t Have To Stand. He Said, “No Sir, You’re The President”
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#8 My Professor Is 74 And He Isn’t Confident Using Zoom So He’s Prerecorded The Rest Of Our Classes. Today, I Watched The First One. He Has A Pinocchio Doll In The Front Row Because He Isn’t Comfortable Teaching To An Empty Room. I’m Social Distancing For This Man And This Man Only
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#9 Maureen The Legend
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#10 This Is My 96 Year Old Grandma, Willie. She Survived The Great Depression, Being Hit By A Fire Truck And Being In A Coma, And Losing Her Husband At A Young Age. Now She Drinks Liquor And Smokes Cigars, Still Lives Alone And Hits On Younger Men. I Love Her With Everything I’ve Got
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#11 My Parents Sent Me This From Their Retirement Community Today
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#12 This Couple Re-Creating Their Marriage Photo 70 Years Later
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#13 I Lost My Dad At Walmart And Ended Up Finding Him In The Garden Section Watering Plants
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#14 The Fact That He Still Carries The Pic Around Is So Precious
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#15 My Grandpa’s 88th Birthday Was A Few Weeks Ago. My Sister Got Him A Coloring Book And Crayons. He Says He’s Never Colored Before, But He Seems To Enjoy It. He Shows All His Visitors The Pages He’s Finished. He’s Colorblind, So Some Of The Puppies Are Pink, But He’s So Happy. He Melts My Heart
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#16 My Neighbor Almost Had My Mom Worried For His Safety
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#17 Oh The Smiles!
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#18 Made Me Smile
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#19 I Live Abroad. My Grandparents Called Me To Urgently Check The Security Web Cams Of My House Back Home. Turns Out They Called So I Could See Them Standing With A Heart And Waving At Me
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#20 Dad Went Out In The Snow To Feed The Birds, And Made A New Friend! It’s Official, He’s A Disney Princess Now
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#21 An Old Man Taking Pictures Of His Wife Without Her Realising
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#22 A 76 Yr Old Retired Air Force Colonel Is No Match For His 4 Year Old Granddaughter
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#23 Milly Girl. I Love Ya
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#24 Grandpa Brings Dog To Furniture Store To Make Sure She Likes Chair Too
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#25 She Picked A Good Name Anyways
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#26 My Dad Thought He Was Taking A Picture Of My Kids And Accidentally Had It On Front Facing. It Fills Me With Joy That This Is What His Face Looks Like When He’s Watching My Kids. He’s A Great Dad
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#27 My 97-Year-Old Grandma Doesn’t Use Computers, But I Found A Meme Years Ago That I Thought She’d Like So I Sent It In The Mail. Turns Out She’s Kept It At Her Bedside Ever Since
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#28 They Dated In Their Teens, Married Different People, And Got Back Together 65 Years Later. My Grandma And Her Boyfriend
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#29 When You Can’t March In Protest, You Scoot In Protest
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#30 My Grandpa Mac, 92 Years Old, Just Got New Security Cameras Around His House. He Has My Cousin, Aaron, And I On The Online Login (He’s Not Too Computer Savvy) So We Can See What’s Going On. He Sends Us Random Messages Through The Cameras
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#31 Aww Good Husband
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#32 Doris Absolutely Destroyed Me In Words With Friends
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#33 My Mom Died Of Covid June 8th. I Found This Her Writing On The Back Page Of This Blank Book I Gave Her Years Ago
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#34 My Mom Is Almost In Her 60’s And Started Her Weight Loss Journey Around This Time Last Year! 85 Pounds Down!! It’s Never Too Late To Change Your Life!
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#35 Happy Pride Month, Everyone!
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#36 Did A Christmas Scavenger Hunt. This Is What My Grandpa Sent For 3 Wise Men
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#37 My Grandad Being All Giggly When He Was Chatting About His Childhood And All The Mischief He Got Up To Behind His Mothers Back!!!
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#38 My Mom Got To Visit Snow White – Her Favorite Princess Since She Was A Little Girl. My Mom Retired Friday And This Was Her First Trip To Disney Ever
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#39 Grandpa Humor Is My All-Time Favourite
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#40 Bob The Wise
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#41 I Love My Grandpa So Much
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#42 Grandma With The Drip
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#43 My Grandmas 94 Last Week. She Has Dementia And Is Bed Ridden But She Still Has Her Good Spirits. She Loves This Teddy Bear My Cousin Gave Her. So If Me And My Mom Are Feeding Her And She Starts To Fiddle, She Holds Onto It. Love Her So Much
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#44 Awww
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#45 My 92 Year Old Grandpa Holding My Parrot For The First Time. He Insisted That I Take A Photo Of Him So He Could Print It Out To Show His Friends
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#46 My Nana Is Bored So She’s Keeping Me Fresh During The Quarantine
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#47 Sent A Picture Of A Final Fantasy 7 Character To My Mum Thinking She Looked Like Her, She Recreated The Look And Pretty Much Nailed It
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#48 This Is My 85 Year Old Physics Teacher, Him And His Wife Just Had A Light Saber Fight
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#49 My Grandpa Has Alzheimer’s And Can’t Always Remember His Grandkids Names, So We Custom Made A Shirt That Has All Our Names And It’s His New Favourite Shirt
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#50 This Is A Selfie My Dad Sent Me
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